Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] off [prep] [art] first " in BNC.

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1 Anyway , being in the fortunate position to be able to drive along the road to Corrour , although my car suspension did n't agree it was so fortunate , a companion and I set off for the first peak , Beinn Eibhinn from halfway along the road , above the river Ghuilbinn .
2 I took off at the first light and made the rendezvous as planned and found the fighters had just become airborne .
3 There are rumours that most of the sides which face off in the first weekend of post-season action could be absorbed into a new , more important third tier of the Heineken League structure .
4 Malc 's parents moved into our house to look after Lee and Max and loaded with amps , speakers and suitcases , we set off for the first of twelve gigs — a Sunday lunch , one spot , fourteen quid — money for old rope .
5 After a quick breakfast we set off to the first address on the list .
6 Then at Dunkirk we set off on the first 400-mile stage to our overnight stop at Vandanesse .
7 So we start off with the first one that you have , this C W , that stands for company worker .
8 I should never have let her go off in the first place . ’
9 He was a miner and he went off to the First World War and got killed .
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